Egypt | MENA Rights Group

Country legislation

Constitution of 2014

Law No. 84 of 2002 on Non-Governmental Organisations

Presidential Decree Law No. 107 of 2013 on Demonstrations

Law No. 8 of 2015 on Terrorist Entities

Anti-terrorism Law No. 94 of 2015

Law No. 136 of 2014 for the Securing and Protection of Public and Vital Facilities

Cases

Al Qaradawy

December 13, 2021

Daughter of Egyptian scholar held in pre-trial detention over four years

Abdelfattah

December 13, 2021

Egyptian activist Alaa Abdelfattah arbitrarily detained since 2019

Abu El Foutouh

December 13, 2021

Egyptian politician Abu El Foutouh arbitrarily detained since 2018

El Qassas

December 13, 2021

Egyptian politician El Qassas arbitrarily detained since 2018

Advocacy

Moka, Rigo, Galal and Shawky

March 10, 2022

Egypt: End arbitrary detention, free them all

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February 10, 2022

Civil society organisations call on the European Union to withdraw its joint candidacy with Egypt to chair the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum

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Al-Sisi, Biden

February 02, 2022

Biden administration’s decision to reprogram military aid to Egypt is necessary but insufficient

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Campaign poster

January 27, 2022

Egypt: Quash verdicts and stop unfair trials by emergency courts

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Reports

UN UPR

April 01, 2019

Systematic violations of fundamental rights and freedoms: Egypt’s human rights crisis

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Analysis

Prison bars

December 14, 2021

The practice of “rotation”: how Egypt keeps its dissidents in indefinite detention

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March 13, 2020

Egypt supports 270 recommendations made during latest UPR whilst denying known human rights violations

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34th session underway

November 21, 2019

Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review highlights international concerns over the country’s human rights record

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